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| Requirements Horizontal and backbone building cables shall be terminated on connecting hardware that meets the requirements of ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2 and ANSI/TIA/EIA-B.3. All connections between horizontal and backbone cables shall be cross-connections. Equipment cables/cords that consolidate several ports on a single connector shall be terminated on dedicated connecting hardware. NOTE - Centralized optical fiber cabling is designed as an alternative to the optical cross-connect located in the telecommunications room, when deploying recognized optical fiber cable in the horizontal in support of centralized electronics. Equipment cables/cords that extend a single port appearance may either be permanently terminated or interconnected directly to horizontal or backbone terminations. · Direct interconnections reduce the number of connections in a link, but may also reduce flexibility.
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